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No. 632,533. Patented Sept. 5, I899. c. H. MOCK & J. C. MAHANEY.

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(Application filed Feb. 15, 1899.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

CHARLES H. MOCK AND JOHN C. HAHANEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,533, datedSeptember 5, 1899.

Application filed February 15 1899. Serialdll'o-705Q537. (No model-lJOHN C. MAHANEY, citizens of the United States of America, residing atPittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rugs, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in acombined mat and shoe-scraper.

The object of our invention is to construct a combined mat andshoe-scraper'especially adapted for railway-cars, hallways, and otherinteriors, the construction being such as to secure the proper cleaningof the shoe and the depositing of the dirt in a receptacle in which themat is arranged and to allow of the easy removal of the dirt which hasaccumulated within the receptacle.

To this end our invention consists in the novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views thereof, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of ourimproved mat and shoe-scraper. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewthereof. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of a portion of the mat and thesupporting-rods thereof. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of thesupporting-rods broken away at the center. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof the scraper. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the matwhich is adapted to fit in the opening that holds the scraper when thesame is not in use.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 13 indicates an oblongbase or receptacle provided with the upwardly-extending flange entirelyaround the same, forming the sides 14, within which is mounted a seriesof brushes 15, consisting of bristles secured to when the same is notdesired the elongated strips 15' of suitable material, forming the backsfor the brushes. These backs 15' are secured together by means of theT-shaped rods or supports 17 and arranged in such a manner that theelongated slots 16 are formed between the brushes. These supports orrods are formed with a series of apertures 19, through which thefastening means 18 secure the brushes in position. To allow of the readyremoval of the mat, one end of the support-s or rods 17 is cut away atan angle, as at 20. This also allows the tilting of the that whenelevated to see the accumulation of dirt within the receptacle.

21 indicates a rectangular frame having a series of uprights 22, formedintegral therewith, which areadapted for use as scraping bars. The frame21 is supported on a por tion of a pair of the supports 17 owing to thefact that some of the brushes are of less length than the others or, inother words, cut away at their center and only mounted upon one portionof the supports. By referring to Fig. 2 this supporting of the rec=tangular frame can be readily understood.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings is shown a series of smaller brushes 23,secured together by the supports 24 in the same manner as the largerbrushes, and which is adapted to fit within the opening within which isarranged the rectangular frame containing the scrapers for use.

It is thought that the operation of this mat can be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and that owing to the arrangement of the brushesthe dirt that has accumulated between the back of the brushes and thebase the brushes can be readily lifted from the receptacle and the dirtremoved.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of our invention.I I

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a base or receptacle, a

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES H. MOOK. JOHN C. MAHANEY.

series of T-shaped supports arranged therein, a series of brushessuitably spaced apart and secured to the said supports, a rectangularframe arranged between the said brushes and mounted on a pair of thesaid supports, and a series of scraping-bars formed integral withWitnesses:

forth.

the rectangular frame, substantially as set I JOHN N OLAND,

J AS. J. CLOONAN.

